Pinnacle

Hearing the sound of Luozi, Chen Jing couldn't sit still anymore, and stood up involuntarily. Later, he felt that it was not enough to just watch the game through the screen. He wanted to go to the venue and watch Li Yi play chess with his own eyes.

Rapid chess feels very intense. After all, the speed is fast. Players have to calculate the number of moves within an extreme time limit.

Chen Songrui was also fascinated by it. Although he is not a professional or amateur player, Go is his hobby. He is not as obsessed with it as Chen Jing, but it cannot be said that he doesn't like it.

When Chen Songrui was fascinated, he didn't realize that Chen Jing had left the conference room.

Chen Jing came down from the top floor and came to the security office of the hotel. Since the hotel is under the name of the Chen Group, anyone who wants to climb the ladder will pay attention to the movements of the Chen family, and naturally recognizes the prince of the Chen Group.

Chen Jing easily took out a work card from the security department, which said the director of the security department...

Putting on his work pass, Chen Jing easily entered the venue. Because he was afraid of being caught by the camera, he stood in the corner of the entrance. This angle was just right to see the chessboard from a distance, and he could see Li Yizhi who was seated facing the gate.

Li Yizhi held the chess piece in one hand, and put the other on his knee. His nails were neatly trimmed, his round finger pads were slender, and his bony fingers made one feel like they were a pair of hands born for playing chess.

His back was straight, and he specially put on a formal suit for the competition. The black suit set off Li Yizhi's fair complexion, making his waist even more slender.His eyes were not staring at the chessboard, but were slightly closed, his jaw was raised slightly, as if he was meditating.

Looking at him, Chen Jing seemed to think of a scene ten years ago. It was also a rapid chess game, but the opponent was not Pu Hengxuan, but Mo Chongyuan.

Li Yizhi's expression back then was very similar to now, except that Li Yizhi's eyes could not see anything at that time, and he played a real "blind chess".

Li Yizhi's expression was very peaceful, and the second next to him kept moving, 30 seconds in one hand, and ten seconds had passed.

15 seconds.

At 20 seconds, Li Yizhi suddenly opened his eyes, as if he had made up his mind and was about to make a move, but what he didn't expect was that when he opened his eyes, he saw Chen Jing in a suit standing by the door.

Chen Jing leaned against the wall behind her, crossed her arms with both hands, and stared at the other party with her eyes. The expression on her face was still rigid and serious.

25 seconds.

When Li Yizhi was stunned, two seconds passed by, his lips parted slightly, and then he came to his senses, lowered his head, slapped the chess piece on the board with a "snap", and then quickly beat the clock.

Park Hengxuan almost always beat the clock at 27 seconds. After all, if he can think a little longer, he will lose one point and increase his chances of winning by one point.

Afterwards, Li Yizhi didn't look at Chen Jing again, but focused on the chessboard.

Chen Songrui himself was watching chess in the meeting room, and the camera sensitively captured Li Yizhi's momentary surprise, and then gave a sweeping shot of the entire venue. Jing's outfit didn't stand out, and the camera just scanned over and didn't give any close-ups.

But Chen Songrui found out, and he stood up from the big chair.

Chen Jing wants to play chess while working. If the Weiqi world knows that he is the heir of the Chen Group, then many people will definitely think that Chen Jing got involved in the chess world because of his connections, so Chen Jing's identity has been kept secret. "stage".

Although Chen Jing is recognized by many well-known media, but because Chen Jing is only a third-dan professional and not very well-known in the Go world, nothing has been exposed.

Chen Songrui stood up and walked around twice, then took out his mobile phone and made a call.

The person who answered the phone was very polite. It was the reporter who was allowed to enter the venue for the live broadcast this time. He was flattered that he did not expect the vice chairman of the Chen family to call him.

What Chen Songrui said was also very polite. He is a smiling tiger in the business world, he likes to laugh, he is easygoing, and he is not easy to provoke.Please don't take the camera elsewhere, after all, this is a live broadcast, and you can't cut the shot.

Of course the reporter couldn't offend Chen Songrui, so he agreed, took the call and entered the venue, telling the camera to show more close-ups of the chessboard and the two players.

Because of the high speed required, there are inevitably many mistakes in fast chess. Generally, there will not be two big dragons fighting between masters, but this game obviously does not want to lose, so the start is very nervous. Park Hengxuan is uncharacteristically , did not adopt a conservative strategy, but slashed and killed.

In the middle of the game, there was even a confrontation between two big dragons. Li Yizhi was the best at such a one-on-one duel.

Pu Hengxuan lost the big dragon, and decisively sealed the remaining empty space on the chessboard to the side, so that he could barely continue to contend with Li Yizhi.

Although Li Yizhi was accurate in his calculations, he inevitably made mistakes, and the expanding power in the later period was squeezed back by Park Hengxuan, shrinking a bit.

The quick decision also took more than two hours, and finally the referee counted the pieces. After the black chess was replaced, Li Yizhi responded exactly three-quarters of the pieces.

The most thrilling amateur match in history has just come to an end. The camera showed a close-up of the two chess players at the last moment. It was recorded.

This is a decisive battle for the championship of a Jedi counterattack. Five chess games, Li Yizhi lost two games followed by two wins, another draw, and finally won the championship in the fast chess extra match. , The media nicknamed him Ghost Hand.

Big and small newspapers and Go magazines rushed to report on the chess game of the resurrection of the ghost hand, and the global business community also published it on the front page, and Li Yizhi's name was also mentioned in the big characters on the cover.

He also mentioned the blind chess competition ten years ago, which was titled "The Growth and Rise of the Second Generation Chess King".

The report said that the global business community sponsored Li Yizhi to participate in the blind chess competition. Li Yizhi, who was still blind at the time, showed super chess sense and actuarial ability in the competition. Although it is a pity that he did not win the final victory, he is still a rare piece. rough jade.

After ten years of experience and polishing, this uncut jade finally stood out in this contest and shone brightly...

Although this kind of rhetoric is very funny, everyone buys it very much, because they like to watch the "growth path" of chess players.

The competition finally came to an end, and the award ceremony and news conference were held on the second day.

Li Yizhi raised his eyes to look at the gate, Chen Jing was no longer there, he went back to the room, Ye Li came back soon, hugging Li Yizhi madly, congratulations on his successful entry into professional Go, and he will be able to compete on the same stage in the future.

In the evening, Ye Li resolutely rejected Mo Chongyuan's death, took Li Yizhi to eat at a very special roadside stall, and said that he would celebrate him, Ye Li seemed happier than his own champion.

Ye Li held up the beer bottle, as if he had drunk too much, "Squeezing into professional Go is so vigorous! Compared with you and me, it is too ordinary, and it has no meaning at all."

He was insanely drunk, the people next to him looked straight at him, Li Yizhi's eyelids twitched, what is vigorous...

The two of them went back to the hotel after drinking enough, but it was Li Yizhi who took a lot of effort to carry him back.

Because the hangover was too painful last time, Li Yizhi didn't drink too much, and a small amount of alcohol made him excited. This is a particularly meaningful day. No matter how many big or small competitions he won in his previous life, he never had this one Amateur competitions are thrilling, but not as exciting as this one.

Li Yizhi paid and fought for it. Although the process was arduous, he finally got it. The result obtained by his own hard work feels good.

He turned on the computer, and the entire page of the forum was devoted to discussing the game. There were analysis posts, gossip posts, questioning posts, provocative posts, and an invitation post.

The online Go competition is about to start. It is not the first time that the online Go competition has been held several times. Because the audience of the Internet Go is very wide, even if the prize money is lower, there are still many people participating.

This time, taking advantage of the momentum of the competition, the online Go competition also took the opportunity to promote and invite all registered players to sign up. Because the Internet is convenient and fast, the registration deadline is only at the end of the month, and the game will start in the middle of next month.

Before he had time to read the post, he saw a system message flashing, and when he opened it, it was a message.

Briquettes: Congratulations

The message time was when Li Yizhi and Ye Li went out for dinner, two or three hours had passed.

Li Yizhi still replied to the coal ball.

Pei Chen: Thank you

Briquette: Online?Are you going to celebrate?

Pei Chen: Yes, my friend dragged me to drink

Briquette: I want to celebrate it, but there is an award ceremony tomorrow, so don’t stay up too late, go to bed early, reporters and media have to go there Peichen: Yes

Briquette: There will be competitions in a few months, will you participate?

Pei Chen: The rookie king?

Briquettes: yes

Peichen: yes

Briquettes: At that time, we can play the game head-on

Peichen: There are no posts about the tennis tournament on the forum. You can warm up the tennis tournament next month with a warm-up briquette: Do you plan to participate in this tennis tournament?

Pei Chen: Yes

Peichen: It feels good to win chess (laughing emoji)

Chen Jing stared at the smiling face on the screen, it was clearly the kind of expression that comes with the system, there is no cuteness at all after seeing too much, but it was typed by Li Yizhi, no matter how pleasing to the eye, it can be seen that Li Yizhi is really happy today .

Briquette: Then I will also participate

Li Yizhi didn't know if it was because of the alcohol, anyway, today he just wanted to chat with the coal balls, typing jokingly.

Pei Chen: You are not afraid that I will find out your old background, the rookie king will suffer

Briquette: not afraid

Briquette: very welcome

Li Yizhi laughed for a full 2 ​​minutes about the amazing Dao Da being passed on by chess players on the forum as a cold joke. Although it was only four words.

Afterwards, the two have been chatting one after another, without any technical content. It even developed to the point where Li Yizhi sent an emoji, and the coal ball sent an emoji back. It has evolved into such untechnical information, but the two sides did not stop. Meaning, and feel never tired of it.

Li Yizhi sent an emoji to the briquettes while browsing through the forum posts.

There are a lot of gossip posts, such as "Analysis of Carrot Insomnia Night", "Ghostly Hands Pulling Carrots, One Pick and One Accuracy", "The Battle of the Two Generations of Chess Champions Li and Park" and so on.

Chess players are always very excited, the live broadcast is saved as a video and placed in the communication area, the clicks soar, and everyone starts calling Li Yizhi "Master Ghost Hand"...

The official quickly announced the well-known chess players who had signed up this time, hoping to gain momentum.

The first one is briquettes, a big knife with many fans.

The second one is Peichen, Li Yizhi is actually too bored, so he made an agreement with Lianqiu and press sign up at the same time, so that when they sign up, their names will be next to each other.

The third one is the bloody carrot, Park Hengxuan.

No matter whether it is black or white, Park Hengxuan's name always attracts many people to participate in the competition.

The No.1 of this online Go competition set a bonus of 100, and the previous bonuses have been between [-] and [-]. Because there are too many sponsors today, some bonuses have been increased, but it is still not too high. Compared with some professional Go games, which can cost as much as [-] million yuan, it's really not worth mentioning.

But that's it, the number of participants is also very impressive, because the masters of the Internet Go world are all gathered here.

Li Yizhi and the coal ball chatted like this until eleven o'clock, and Li Yizhi started to feel sleepy because of the smell of alcohol, so he said good night to him, washed up and went to sleep.

This was the most peaceful night for Li Yizhi to sleep. Whether he was nervous or excited about the game, he hadn't slept soundly for so many days, and it was rare for Li Yizhi to relax so much.

Early the next morning, the door of Li Yizhi's room was knocked open. Ye Li didn't look hungover at all, and knocked on the door with a bunch of "props" to pack for Li Yizhi, so he could attend the awards ceremony after a while.

Reporters will come to the award ceremony. The momentum is so big this time, there must be a TV broadcast, and taking pictures is a must. The champion, runner-up and third runner-up will hold a big sign with the prize money and take a group photo with the organizer.

So the image problem can't be sloppy, Li Yizhi looks good, especially his gentle temperament, he looks like a chess player, unlike Ye Li, who is a scum of thinking...

Ye Li fixed his hair, but he hadn't done it before. He just bought it, so it was a bit horrible. It also made Li Yizhi smell tacky, and Li Yizhi had to take a bath again, so Decided not to wipe off any excess.

The award ceremony was not long. It started at ten o'clock in the morning and was expected to finish at twelve o'clock.

The venue was still in the hotel. At the beginning, the organizers gave speeches, and then the sponsors delivered speeches. Then the ranking of the competition was announced, and the organizers and sponsors awarded bonuses.

Li Yizhi, Park Hengxuan, and an amateur [-]-dan went up to the stage, and Chen Songrui presented the bonus to Li Yizhi.

Bonuses are essential for the game, and the reason why the competition attracts the media and chess players is that the huge bonus is the wild card that can cross the dragon gate.

Many people have never understood why the regulations in the Go world are so harsh. If they exceed the rules, it can be said that they have no chance of professional Go. Many external factors have caused many players to pass the best age for entering professional Go. Go missed.

In fact, the reason is very simple, because there is no shortage of geniuses in the Go world. The most common news in Go news is that a certain person defeated a certain person at the seventh stage at the first stage, and won the game by surprise. He can be called a young genius. A new Go star was born again.

In the world of Go, there are many geniuses. You don’t have to be talented to win chess. If you have talent, if you have less experience in playing chess than others, you may lose miserably. There are late bloomers, but too few are too few , focusing on career development.

In the past, when you set a stage, you will be trained at the age of 30 to 40. If you can't make it to the stage, you can no longer be regarded as a talented chess player in the selection-style chess world.

This wild card is a prop for resurrection, only the distance from amateur to professional.

So there are naturally many people who pay attention, and every competition is fierce. These are all late blooming talents.

After awarding the bonuses, the organizers began to issue wild cards to Li Yizhi, but at the same time, everyone was surprised, and the media was also surprised that because this time five games, two wins, two losses and one draw, the final result was a tie. Although Li Yizhi won in overtime, both players are very good. It can be seen from the live replay that both players are rare gems in the Go world.

After a lengthy explanation, the organizer decided that this time the wild card will be awarded to Li Yizhi and Park Hengxuan at the same time, and the two players will advance to professional Go together.

This result caused an uproar. Some people said that this is a scandal in the chess world. It must be that Park Hengxuan’s master, Park Hojin, is famous, so the organizer intends to curry favor with Park Hojin. Otherwise, why would there be an overtime match? The overtime match is completely unnecessary. Li Yizhi's three-quarters winning chess is also an absolute victory, and it is said that the final champion is Li Yizhi.

The explanation given by the organizer is that the champion is indeed Li Yizhi, but because both sides of this competition have shown outstanding Go talents in their starting hands, according to the purpose of the selection, it is understandable to give wild cards to Li Yizhi and Park Hengxuan at the same time.

Moreover, the two will definitely continue to participate in the professional rookie championship in a few months, and they will inevitably meet again at that time. This will be a duel worthy of attention.

It sounds reasonable, but it is extremely unreasonable. Li Yizhi revived the chess game, fought back, and won beautiful blood, while Park Hengxuan revived his own quota.

The organizer can say it in front of the media to show that it has made up its mind, and it will never be overturned even if it is discussed. Li Yizhi has no objection. In fact, it is not that he has no objection, but he knows that saying anything earlier is futile.

The forums are full of cursing posts, saying what is cheating.

Li Yizhi was also a little unhappy. It was the first time he worked so hard, but he was poured cold water on his head. This kind of force majeure is too sad.

Briquette: Online?

Pei Chen: Yes

Briquette: I saw the award ceremony

Pei Chen: Yes

Briquette: Not happy?

Pei Chen: Hmm...

Pei Chen: Am I being too narrow-minded, but I'm really unhappy...

Briquette: No, I'm not happy either

Pei Chen: Hmm...

Briquette: Then... let's continue to abuse carrots, from amateur abuse to the Internet, and finally the newcomer Wang Peichen: ...

Peichen: The briquettes... are indeed black (laughing emoji)

Briquettes: ...